Teaching and Learning about Climate Change: A Framework for Educators by Daniel

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Approaching issues and challenges of teaching and learning about climate change from a science-based perspective, this book is designed to help educators and students understand the causes and implications of global warming in order to better prepare for a changing climate and to participate in democratic decision making regarding a collective future.

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Responding to the issues and challenges of teaching and learning about climate change from a science education-based perspective, this book is designed to serve as an aid for educators as they strive to incorporate the topic into their classes. The unique discussion of these issues is drawn from the perspectives of leading and international scholars in the field. The book is structured around three themes: theoretical, philosophical, and conceptual frameworks for climate change education and research; research on teaching and learning about global warming and climate change; and approaches to professional development and classroom practice.

Author Biography

Daniel P. Shepardson is Professor of Geoenvironmental and Science Education, Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University, USA. Anita Roychoudhury is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction (Science Education/Physics Education) at Purdue University, USA. Andrew S. Hirsch is Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface Section I. Theoretical, philosophical, and conceptual frameworks for climate change education and research1. Teaching climate science as historySpencer Weart2. The role of history and nature of science in climate change teaching and learning Michael P. Clough and Benjamin C. Herman3. System thinking and teaching in the context of climate system and climate change Anita Roychoudhury, Daniel P. Shepardson, and Andrew S. Hirsch4. Attending to emotional expressions about climate change: A framework for teaching and learning Elizabeth Hufnagel5. Using a socioscientific issues framework for climate change education: An ecojustice approach Dana L. Zeidler and Mark NewtonSection II. Research on teaching and learning about global warming and climate change6. Students' conception of a climate system: Implications for teaching and learningDaniel P. Shepardson, Anita Roychoudhury, Andrew S. Hirsch, and Sara Top7. Using conceptual and physical models to develop students' mental models of the greenhouse effect Daniel P. Shepardson, Anita Roychoudhury, and Andrew S. Hirsch8. Unpacking the climate change performance expectations in the Next Generation Science Standards Wendy R. Johnson and Charles W. Anderson9. Fundamental climate literacy and the promise of the NGSS KC Busch and Diego Román10. Supporting the inclusion of climate change in U.S. science education curricula by use of learning progressions J. Randy McGinnis, Wayne Breslyn, Chris McDonald, and Emily Hestness11. Climate change as an issue for socio-scientific issues teaching and learning Amanda Peel, Troy D. Sadler, Andrew T. Kinslow, Laura Zangori, and Patricia Friedrichsen12. "This idea they have is not really to me, like, true:" How seventh grade students make meaning of scientific arguments about the impact of global warming on tornadoes and hurricanes Soyoung Choi and Dan ShepardsonSection III. Approaches to professional development and classroom practice 13. Using NGSS crosscutting concepts as a tool for climate change and citizenship education Hannah K. Miller and Charles W. Anderson14. The Earth's energy budget Andrew S. Hirsch15. Teaching informed by conceptual difficulties with understanding the greenhouse effect Nicole Strickhouser, Anita Roychoudhury, Andrew S. Hirsch, and Jignesh V. Mehta16. Developing and implementing a climate science toolkit for informal and formal educators Olivia Kellner17. Adaptation of the Dynamics of Climate toolkit for informal and formal educators in the local community Olivia Kellner, Brandy Yost, and Leslie Webb18. Doubt and denial as challenges to, and in, teaching climate change Minda Berbeco, Glenn Branch, & Kate HeffernanAbout the Authors

Review

"This book is likely to be of interest to you if you are concerned about how the public perceives the issue of climate change... "It will also be of interest to you if you are interested in how students' beliefs affect the way they interpret evidence for any scientific theory..."— Carol Tear, School Science Review

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"This book is likely to be of interest to you if you are concerned about how the public perceives the issue of climate change... "It will also be of interest to you if you are interested in how students' beliefs affect the way they interpret evidence for any scientific theory..."--Carol Tear, School Science Review

Details ISBN1138642614 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd ISBN-10 1138642614 ISBN-13 9781138642614 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Subtitle A Framework for Educators Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Andrew S. Hirsch DEWEY 577.27071 Year 2017 Short Title Teaching and Learning about Climate Change Language English AU Release Date 2017-02-20 NZ Release Date 2017-02-20 Publication Date 2017-02-20 UK Release Date 2017-02-20 Author Andrew S. Hirsch Pages 280 Illustrations 28 Tables, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white Alternative 9781138642621 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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